Download Driver For AMD Catalyst Linux Display Driver 14.9

AMD has released new Linux drivers for its Radeon graphics cards. The download is 136MB in size and can be used in both 32bit and 64bit environments. Version 14.4 is suitable for the Radeon HD 5000 and higher, and for the integrated chipsets from the 6200D onwards. In addition, versions 6.9 and later of Xserver, Linux kernel 2.6 and later, and glibc versions 2.2 and 2.3 are supported. The release notes mention support for the Radeon R9 285, Ubuntu 14.04 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0. We also see improvements in the installation process and of course various bug fixes.

New Features:

• AMD Radeon R9 285
• Ubuntu 14.04 support
• RHEL 7.0 support
• Install improvements
  • Package and distribution generation options; recommend options set by default
    • Help user install generated distribution package once created
  • Pop-up messages to help guide users through the install process
    • Identifying and installation of pre-requisites

Resolved Issues:

• Witcher 2 random lock up seen when launching the application
• Screen corruption when connecting an external monitor to some PowerXpress AMD GPU + Intel CPU platforms
• Intermittent X crash when the user does a rotation with Tear Free Desktop enabled
• Failure on exit of OpenGL programs
• Error message being displayed when a user does run clinfo in console mode
• Blank screen when hot plugging an HDMI monitor from a MST hub
• System hang after resume from S3/S4 in High Performance mode on PowerXpress AMD GPU + Intel CPU platforms
• Corruption or artifacting on the bottom right corner of the screen before booting into login UI during restart
• Occasional segmentation fault when running ETQW
• xscreensavers test failing with multi-GPU Crossfire™ configurations
• Motion Builder severe flickering while toggling full screen
• Intermittent crashing and corruption observed while running X-Plane
• Some piglit and Khronos OpenGL conformance test failures
• Displays occasionally going black when startx is run on Ubuntu 14.04 after switching to integrated GPU on PowerXpress AMD GPU + Intel Haswell CPU system platforms
• A connected external display getting disabled when unplugging AC power from laptop platforms
• An auto log out when double clicking the picture under desktop server times on PowerXpress AMD GPU + Intel CPU platforms

Known Issues:

• [404829]: Horizontal flashing lines on second screen in a clone mode with V-Sync on using AMD Mobility Graphics with Switchable Intel Graphics
• [404508]: Display takes a long time to redraw the screen after an S4 cycle